Common Mod - Transgression / Redemption

Question 1

Procter - Name

Answer 1

Because it is my name!, and i cannot have another!
- Symbolism (identity, reputation, legacy)
- Tone (Defiant, Passionate)

• Those who refused sacrificed their careers for personal integrity
• Conflict between self respect and preservation

Question 2

Procter - Black Sins

Answer 2

God knows how black my sins are (Proctor)

• Contrast between sins (affair vs accusations), (individual conscience vs collective judgement)
• Tone (confessional)

Question 3

Hale - I Denouce

Answer 3

Hale: I denouce these proceedings, i quit this court

• Symbolism (escape from corruption authority = turn to personal conscious)
• Declarative Statement (Rejection / Abandonment
• Contrast with reverend parris (doesn’t change, courrupted by power)

Question 4

Procter - Black Sins - Paradox

Answer 4

God knows how black my sins are (Proctor)

Guilty of sin (adultery) but unwilling to lie about a false sin (witchcraft)

Question 5

Hale - I Denouce - Paradox

Answer 5

Hale: I denouce these proceedings, i quit this court

Was a man of the church, but rejects the faith he once believed in, as it becomes the source of injustice

Question 6

Procter - Name - Anomaly

Answer 6

Proctor’s refusal to confess — breaks the social pattern of self-preservation over principle. (Individual vs Collective)

Question 7

McCarythism - Trangression / Redemption

Answer 7

Miller himself was investigated and blacklisted from hollywood, proof of guilt = moral redemption

The forced confessions and naming of others were seen as transgressions against truth and personal integrity.